Northwest High School 2007 TAKS Scores TEA Accountability Rating

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2007 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Acceptable

2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results


		reading/ English language arts*	mathematics	science	social studies	all
percentage of students passing

Northwest High School		93	75	77	94	68

	grade 9	94	67			66
	all Texas public schools	87	61			60

	grade 10	89	72	70	92	59
	all Texas public schools	85	65	59	87	51

	grade 11	97	90	86	98	81
	all Texas public schools	91	81	78	94	70

percentage of students commended performance

Northwest High School		20	19	14	45	7

* Reading tested in grade 9 and English language arts tested in grades 10 and 11. School score is combined indicator.

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 97 students representing 5 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 257 students representing 14 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 237 students representing 13 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 75 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 101 students representing 5 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 64 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 266 students representing 14 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 60 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 1,455 students representing 77 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 78 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 245 students representing 13 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 59 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 77 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 59 students representing 5 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 59 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 132 students representing 12 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 57 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 888 students representing 80 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 81 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 123 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 50 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 59 students representing 5 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 83 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 133 students representing 12 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 123 students representing 11 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
•	Increase passing percentage of SDAA tests taken by special education students from 75 percent to 90 percent.

2006 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) mean scores
	Verbal	Mathematics	Composite
Northwest High School	na	na	1030
Texas	491	506	997
National	503	518	1021

2005-2006 mobility percentage: 19.0

Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.

2006-2007 enrollment and class sizes


		students	average class size
Northwest High School		2,610
	Ninth grade	884
	Tenth grade	735
	Eleventh grade	590
	Twelfth grade	401

	English/language arts		25.3
	Foreign languages		25.1
	Mathematics		24.2
	Science		24.1
	Social studies		25.8

	Gifted and talented program	161
	Special education program	247

Sources: Northwest ISD and Texas Education Agency

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